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Surah Al-Lail

سورة الليل

The Night

Surah 92 · 21 Ayahs

What Is Surah Al-Lail?

Surah Al-Lail is Surah 92 of the Quran. It contains 21 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

  1. 1

    Ayah 1

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ

    Meaning

    I swear by the night when it covers (the sun),

  2. 2

    Ayah 2

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ

    Meaning

    and by the day when it unveils itself,

  3. 3

    Ayah 3

    وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    Meaning

    and by the One who created the male and the female,

  4. 4

    Ayah 4

    إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ

    Meaning

    your efforts are diverse:

  5. 5

    Ayah 5

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

    Meaning

    As for the one who gives (in charity) and fears Allah,

  6. 6

    Ayah 6

    وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

    Meaning

    and believes in the best (religion),

  7. 7

    Ayah 7

    فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

    Meaning

    We will facilitate for him the way to extreme ease (i.e. the comforts of Paradise).

  8. 8

    Ayah 8

    وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

    Meaning

    But the one who is miser and deems himself self-sufficient,

  9. 9

    Ayah 9

    وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

    Meaning

    and rejects the best (religion),

  10. 10

    Ayah 10

    فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

    Meaning

    We will facilitate for him the way to extreme distress.

  11. 11

    Ayah 11

    وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

    Meaning

    And his wealth will not help him when he will fall down (into Hell).

  12. 12

    Ayah 12

    إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَىٰ

    Meaning

    Of course, it is undertaken by Us to guide,

  13. 13

    Ayah 13

    وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

    Meaning

    and in Our control is the Hereafter and the worldly life.

  14. 14

    Ayah 14

    فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّىٰ

    Meaning

    So I have warned you of a blazing fire.

  15. 15

    Ayah 15

    لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

    Meaning

    None will enter it but the wretched one,

  16. 16

    Ayah 16

    ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    Meaning

    who rejected (the truth) and turned away (from it).

  17. 17

    Ayah 17

    وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

    Meaning

    And saved from it will be the most God-fearing one,

  18. 18

    Ayah 18

    ٱلَّذِى يُؤْتِى مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ

    Meaning

    who gives his wealth (in charity) to become purified,

  19. 19

    Ayah 19

    وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰٓ

    Meaning

    while no one has conferred any favour on him for which he would give a return,

  20. 20

    Ayah 20

    إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

    Meaning

    but (he gave his wealth in charity) only to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High.

  21. 21

    Ayah 21

    وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ

    Meaning

    And surely he will soon be happy.

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